Nah I’m talking from an individual talent pool perspective. There’s hella legitimate all star caliber players in the East right now that won’t make the cut by putting up the numbers on a bad squad. Unless you’re Beal and you putting up 30+ every night, there’s really no guarantee. Team success is becoming a bigger determinant to getting selected and in a more normal year, you’re going to get guys like Butler, Westbrook in the running to add on to who’s already missed out in Trae, Sabonis, Bam, Middleton, Hayward etc etc.
The West is still the superior conference by far if we are talking about teams.